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USDA Retail Food-Inflation Forecasts for 2010 and 2011
Bloomberg – November 24, 2010
Following is the text detailing forecasts for percentage changes in annual food prices, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture [ERS]:… In 2010, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for all food is projected to increase 0.5 to 1.5 percent--the lowest annual food inflation rate since 1992.
Today’s Turkey Is a Product of Science and Popular Demand
USA Today – November 23, 2010; News 10 Sacramento – November 24, 2010
If you bought a conventionally raised turkey, it cost a lot less to buy than it did to produce. Wholesale turkey prices are up by almost a third this year, but that isn't having much effect on supermarket prices, says David Harvey, an agricultural economist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service.
Higher Prices Ahead This Holiday Season
CBS Evening News – November 22, 2010
The last few months we have seen a lot of the costs that go into food production rise pretty dramatically and so our forecast for 2011 is for higher prices," said USDA Economic Research Service economist Ephraim Leibtag [on camera].
Stick a Fork in It: Pass the Child Nutrition Act
Huffington Post – November 22, 2010
Once every five years school meals are put on the Congressional kitchen's front burner through reauthorization of the Child Nutrition Act…. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service (USDA-ERS) reported last week that more than 50 million Americans, including more than 17 million children, are food insecure - meaning they lack consistent access to a nutritious, well-balanced diet.
Many Outmigration Counties Are Prosperous
Daily Yonder – November 18, 2010
An all-star team of rural demographers and economists at the USDA's Economic Research Service has issued a report on rural counties that are losing population. David McGranahan, John Cromartie and Timothy Wojan find that many of the counties that have lost population over the last 20 years are, in fact, prosperous.
Federal Food Assistance Working Well
Ohio Farmer, other farm publications – November 17-18, 2010
On Monday, USDA's Economic Research Service released an annual report that demonstrated that federal nutrition assistance food programs are providing a valuable safety net to the most vulnerable Americans. The report "Food Security in the United States 2009" found that 17.4 million households in America had difficulty providing enough food due to a lack of resources, about the same as in 2008.
U.S. Hunger Leveled Off in 2009
McClatchy Newspapers, Dallas Morning News – November 16, 2010
After a record one-year increase from 2007 to 2008, the number of U.S. households facing food shortages increased only slightly last year to roughly 17.4 million, according to a new report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture [ERS].
One in 7 Households Hit by Hunger Issues in 2009
Reuters, various outlets – November 15-17, 2010
The number of U.S. households that reported getting emergency food from a food pantry almost doubled between 207 and 2009, at the height of the recession, a government report said on Monday…. “Households also accessed additional assistance through USDA’s 15 food and nutrition assistance programs,” the article in the USDA Economic Research (ERS) “Amber Waves” said.
USDA: 17 Million Families Struggled to Get Enough Food in 2009
Washington Post – November 15, 2010
Nearly 17 million families in America - about 15 percent of all households - had trouble putting enough food on the table at some point last year, a federal report released Monday morning shows. The U.S. Department of Agriculture [ERS] also found that 5.6 million of these households had problems throughout the year that severely disrupted normal eating patterns.
Farm Economy Heading for Record Driving Surge in U.S. Cropland
Bloomberg/Business Week – November 15, 2010
Since August, when the USDA [ERS] forecast a 24 percent jump in this year’s farm income to $77.09 billion, corn prices paid to farmers rose 37 percent on average and soybeans gained 24 percent, government data show.
No Inflation? Grocery Stores, Gas Prices Tell Different Story
CNBC – November 12, 2010
"For most of the year food price inflation has really been pretty tame. But there are indications that inflation is going to be on the rise for the next six to nine months," says Ephraim Leibtag, senior economist at the Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service.
Rumblings of Inflation Grow Louder
Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times – November 9, 2010; Baltimore Sun – November 10, 2010
Retail food prices have already started to rise after remaining relatively flat for the first half of the year, said Ephraim Leibtag, an economist with U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service. The agency forecasts that overall inflation for food prices, projected at 0.5% to 1.5% this year, in 2011 will range from 2% to 3%.
Grocery Store Prices Keep Climbing
Gannett story, KUSA-TV Colorado – November 5, 2010
“Right now, our projections are 2 to 3 percent inflation overall, meaning that for both restaurants and grocery stores, you'll see average of about 2.5 percent higher prices," USDA [ERS] Senior Economist Ephraim Leibtag said.
Why Farm Subsidies Aren’t Fattening
Progressive Farmer – November 5, 2010
…a new study in Choices magazine bolsters the skeptics' case. Subsidies, the study says, have had "negligible" effects on what Americans pay for food and how many calories they consume…and the study's authors are ag economists -- Justin Alston of the University of California at Davis, Brad Rickard of Cornell University and Abigail Okrent of USDA's Economic Research Service.
Food Sellers Grit Teeth, Raise Prices
Wall Street Journal – November 4, 2010
The U.S. Agricultural Department [ERS] is predicting overall food inflation of about 2% to 3% next year.…
All About the Pumpkin: from Canned Pumpkin Shortages to Pureeing
Lawrence Journal-World (KS) – November 3, 2010
… But asked what pumpkin watchers might expect this year, an analyst for the USDA’s Economic Research Service, based on expectations for at least three-year average yields and three-year average acreage, preliminarily estimated pumpkin production would be up 13% from 2009 and mark a return to more normal levels.
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